Sea Games: Malaysia failed to seize gold from Thailand.

Kuala Lumpur: The national sepak takraw team settled for a disappointing bronze in the Kuala Lumpur Sea Games team regu event after going tamely 3-0 to defendingf champions Thailand at the Titiwangsa Indoor Stadium this morning. The Thai defending the champion sepak takraw team regu event for their 16th gold medal in this category.

Malaysia had started well at the 2017 SEA Games with a 3-0 win over Brunei, but a surprise 1-2 loss to Indonesia. Indonesia force Malaysia's team need to a big win against Thailand to stand a chance of winning gold. Thier first regu trion of Syahir Rosdi, Hanafiah Dollah and Farhan Adam put up a strong resistance against the Thais ultimately lost 15-21, 17-21. It got worse as Thailand completely dominated the second match 21-10, 21-6 against Said Ezwan Said De, Norhafizi Abdul Razak and Safarudin Abu Bakar, beore continuing their one-sided demolition in the third 21-9, 21-8 over Meor Mohd zulfikar Mat Amin, Syazreen Qamar and Alan Alias.

National sepak takraw team captain Syahir Rosdi has apologized for Malaysia's poor performance in the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games team regu event. The team had focused too much on beating Thailand causing them to lose focus.

Meanwhile, the national women's sepak takraw aquad created history when it grabbed the silver medal in the women's regu at the 29th SEA Games at the Titiwangsa Indoor Stadium, improving on the bronze that i won in Singapore in the last edition.  

In the final round robin match against Thailand, both teams needed to win to confirm the gold medal after Malaysia and Thailand were tied with four point. The Thailand regu lead by Thidarat Soda started strongly beat the national team 21-10 in first set. Malaysia tried to comeback in the second half but Thai were clearly in class of their own when they again beat the Malaysian 21-12.

The defeat saw the national squad lifting the silver with four points overall while Thailand collected six points to grab the gold medal as the champion.